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Comparison of countries
Switzerland
Nicaragua
Indices
Overall Score:
81 out of 100
Rank:
5 out of 180
Rank:
2 out of 141
Overall Score:
77 out of 150
Rank:
87 out of 140
Overall Score:
8,58 out of 10
Rank:
9 out of 119
Overall Score:
14 out of 100
Rank:
172 out of 180
Overall Score:
44 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,34 out of 1
Rank:
137 out of 142
Overall Score:
111 out of 150
Rank:
24 out of 140
Overall Score:
4,43 out of 10
Rank:
96 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
UN
OAS
Switzerland
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2009.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 2006.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption is not ratified.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2000.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • Member of the FATF since 1990.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Nicaragua
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1999.
Main Legislation
Switzerland
  1. Swiss Criminal Code: Articles 281, 312, 314, 322ter-322 novies, (German/French/Italian/English).
Nicaragua

1. Constitution: Article 130
(Constitución: Artículo 130), (Spanish);

2. Criminal Code: Articles 281, 282, 445-450, 452, 453, 454, 456-459
(Código Penal: Artículos 281, 282, 445-450, 452, 453, 454, 456-459), (Spanish);

3. Civil Service Probity Law
(Ley de Probidad de Los Servidores Públicos), (Spanish);

4. Law on Amendments to Law No. 735, Law on the Prevention, Investigation and Prosecution of Organised Crime and on the Administration of Seized, Confiscated and Abandoned Assets
(Ley De Reformas A La Ley No. 735, Ley de Prevención, Investigación y Persecución del Crimen Organizado y de la Administración de los Bienes Incautados, Decomisados y Abandonados), (Spanish);

5. Code of Ethical Conduct for Civil Servants in the Executive Branch of Government
(Código de Conducta Ética de los Servidores Públicos del Poder Ejecutivo), (Spanish).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Switzerland
  1. Attorney General of Switzerland
    (Ministère public de la Confédération), (German/French/Italian/English);

  2. Interdepartmental Working Group on Combating Corruption
    (Groupe de travail interdépartemental pour la lutte contre la corruption), (German/French/Italian/English).

Nicaragua

1. Attorney General of the Republic (site created but currently unavailable)
(Fiscal General de la República), (Spanish).

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